Unfinished Thoughts

In every picture file from November there are about two pictures. Apparently I don't use the camera in November.

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M enjoyed our visitor on Thanksgiving:

"Don't go, don't go."

Until we mentioned we were not watching a movie until he left. Then she actually dragged him to the door and said "Goodbye.". Slightly embarrassing.

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GQ now says things like:

"I love that Mommy."
"I love that baby brother."

and more often:

"I love that ball."
"I love that fight-saber."

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I do not want to send E to school tomorrow. It has been so great to have her home again.

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I am fat.

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I am currently having anxiety attacks about getting addresses, sending cards, finishing Christmas shopping, decorating the house, cutting out fabric for animal heads, sewing animal heads, etc. etc.

That is why I am writing this blog post instead of doing something to solve any of those problems.

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I decorated for Thanksgiving one day before the holiday.

Justin asked if I would have done that if we were not having visitors.

I said "no."

But really , I promise to decorate for Christmas. Promise.

Better than Christmas?

On Friday the kids and I arrived home to SEVEN - count 'em - SEVEN packages on our front porch.  All we needed was a Christmas tree.

2 boxes of books to review....
2 boxes of actual Christmas presents I had ordered for the upcoming season....
1 Grandma package....
1 Emily package with new winter clothes for GQ....
and one package for Justin, wouldn't want to forget him....

For someone who LOVES mail.... it was a very happy day.

FYI - and fun packages

A good friend of mine from ballet days has a website for reviewing books.  Recently she asked if I would like to get some books in the mail - um, really??? - and read/review them for her.  She has lots of these lovely goodies sent her way.

So, at least for the time being, I am once in a while reviewing over at her website: Cracking the Cover.  I've added the button to my sidebar if you're so inclined.  Jess reviews everything from picture books to novels and if you're looking for some ideas of good books her site is a nice place to start.

Click Here

(No, that picture is not supposed to be of me.... but it would be fun to see what I looked like as a cartoon.)

Why is it...

...that when children need to throw up they come tell you first, and then throw up next to your bed?

Why can't they just tell you after they throw up in the toilet?

I am going to invest in a plastic mat to put around my bed.

The FireStation... I mean, the Fire Truck Station

Last week we went to the "Fire Truck Station" as GQ calls it.  He was soooo excited for days.  When we went he was horrified.  I could barely get him to climb into the fire truck.

I think that this picture of M is pretty funny.

You know how they put on the gear to teach your children not to be afraid????  See those children off to the side???? Yes, my children will be running away from the fireman if he visits our house.

But GQ did like the flashlight on his helmet.

I wish I had taken a picture of the entire back of the truck that M was sitting on.  It said "Stay back 500 feet."

Halloween

Look.... I made Halloween bags.  I was proud of myself for being momentarily crafty.  I should have made GQ's first though, because his turned out the best and he was the one who cared the least.

Our lone Halloween night picture.  M was a fairy this night instead of a princess.  I'm glad I didn't actually try to make her a costume because she changed her mind every day about what she wanted to be.

Justin took them out for about 15 minutes and they were fairly certain that they won the lottery.

Halloween at School

E with her whole class.  She was being Felicity.  The Power Ranger???? in the back row has recently asked if E can come play at his house, and he was sure to come Trick or Treating at our house.  I don't think she knows what a crush is, and I haven't mentioned it.

Sitting on her rug spot.

Gawking at their sister.

The Parade.

Playing in the woods on the walk home.  I haven't had a camera since everything started dying for winter.

Searching out a stick.... which he calls a "fight."

Grandma's Halloween Shirts with my favorite red leaves.  There actually isn't too much color to an Iowa fall, so I am glad we have these.

Something to talk about

This photo is entitled:  "To Veto Dress Choices, Or Not To Veto."

Help us please!

Eating doughnuts with Daddy.  Although I must say this doughnut shop... the only one in Iowa... does not win any stars.  Tragically.  But you should have seen the faces of the other customers when E walked in.  (See above photo for a reminder.)

This photo is entitled:  "Look Mom, I am really pregnant."

And this is Justin's tortilla de patata (which I spelled wrong) that he has been craving for a year now, and finally made this past Sunday.

There was a less glarey picture (yes, that is a word) but Justin looked like his eyes were rolling into the back of his head on that one.